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March 1, 2016 Service bulletin

False Alarms of the Anti-Theft Alarm System

BMW technical service bulletin B650516 for 2014-2017 BMW X5, 2016-2017 BMW X1 and 2016 BMW 750LI and others.

Bulletin number
B650516
Component
Equipment: electrical: anti-theft devices
Summary
"False Alarms of the Anti-Theft Alarm System. The alarm (DWA) siren continues to activate after locking vehicle An ""unapproved"" device is connected to the On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) port of the vehicle. This keeps the Ethernet communication line active which triggers the alarm when the vehicle tries to enter sleep mode."

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